CPU (MHz)

The CPU (MHz) chart displays CPU usage for the 10 clusters in the data center with the most CPU usage.

This chart is located in the Clusters view of the Datacenters Performance tab.

Table 1. Data Counters

Chart Label

Description

<cluster>

Amount of CPU currently in use by the cluster. The active CPU usage is approximately equal to the ratio of the used CPU cycles to the available CPU cycles.

The maximum possible value is the frequency of the processors multiplied by the number of cores. For example, a two-way SMP virtual machine using 4000MHz on a host that has four 2GHz processors is using 50% of the CPU (4000 ÷ 4 × 2000) = 0.5).

Counter: usagemhz

Stats Type: Rate

Unit: MegaHertz (MHz)

Rollup Type: Average (Minimum/Maximum)

Collection Level: 1 (4)

Chart Analysis

A short spike in CPU usage indicates that you are making the best use of cluster resources. However, if the value is constantly high, the CPU demanded is likely greater than the CPU capacity available. A high CPU usage value can lead to increased ready time and processor queuing of the virtual machines on the hosts in the cluster.